Cushion connection for vehicle construction



March 23 1926.

A. H. LEIPERT CUSHION CONNECTION FOR VEHICLE CONSTRUCTION Filed Sept. 5,1924- ill assess no LEIPEBT,

0F NEW YGBK, N. -Y.,

cos trans, on new scan, n. Y.

PATENT OFFICE.

Assxenon T0 INTERNATIONAL moron oonrona'non or DELAWARE.

UHSHION GGNNEOTION F03 VEHICLE-CONSTRUCTION.

application filed September To all whom it may concern Be it known thatl, llooos'r l-l. Luna-inn a citizen of the United States, residingCollege the city of New Y York, have ork, in

Point, in the borough of. Queens of the State of New invented certainnew and useful ln'iprovcments in Cushion Connections for VehicleConstruction, of mg IS a specification, role which the follow-' rcncebeing had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part hereof.

This invention relates t o improvements in non-metallic yieldingconnections for vehicle springs and particularly the means forassociating such connections with across spring such as-are found, forinstance, on

Ford cars. The principa 1 object of the invention is to provide meanswhich are of simple and inexpensive lend themselves to readyconstruction and apphcation to the axles of cars without modifying theconstruction thereof. provide a simple form 0 A further object is to 3%housing for the cushion connections which. may be mounted fixedly inplace on the rear axle of a Ford car and engaged by standard devicesthere on to prevent movement with respect to the axle botlrrotarily andl ate'rally. The invention will be described in greater detail nconnection with the illustrated embodiment shownin the drawings,wherein:

Figure l is a vie cross spring having plied to its ends and rear axle ofacar ventionally in dot-ted line w in rear elevation of a cushionconnections apsecured in place on the which is indicated con- Figure 2is a detailed view in section showmg the connection at one end of saidvehicle spring,

Figure 3 1s a 718W.

through the spring and the plane indicated by the line in transversesection axle and taken onure 2. and looking in the direction of thearrows.

As the ClGSCllPtlOD pr oceeds it will be evident that this invention isnot concerned primarily with the nature of the devices entering into theassen'ibly of the cushion connections since these parts are .now.generally illustration and the rear end of a Ford ca known to the art.Further, while the description are referable to r this embodiment 5,1924. Serial No. 736,021.

way of exemplitiwhich are to be confined within a housing secured on theaxle d. This housing in the illustrated embodiment includes a forging 6having a seat 6 provided therein for one column of the material 0, and astamped metal body f which. wholly encloses the material 0 and may besecured inplace on the base 6 by through bolts 9, as will be clear. Thestamping f is of such size and configuration as to extend downwardly atopposite sides of the base 0 for engagement by the bolts 9 and to affordexteriorly a seat f for one column of the material 0. It is now thepractice to assemble the parts with the non-metallic material undercompression and the construction described permits this to be done.- Theproblem presented is to secure the housing in place on the axle (Z bysuch means as willhold the housing against relative movement. Further,it is, of course, desirable to employ such standard means as may beassociated with the axle to accomplish this end." In a Ford car, forinstance, flange d is formed with the axle and the usual shackle isanchord to this flange. forging e is formed with downwardly andoutwardly extending flanges c on which the base may rest when applied tothe axle. The end of the forging is tapped as at e to receive aretaining bolt d passing through the flange d. This bolt (Z or theequivalent is associated with flange 03 in standard construction toanchor the shackle. A U-bolt "71 embraces the axle and is secured to thev flanges e on the base by nuts h, this retaining strap or bolt"co-operating with the anchoring bolt d? to clamp the housing onto theaxle and hold it against both rotative and lateral movements. Only oneof the 85 y In the illustrated embodiment the Changes in details ofdesign and in the Q 1 sevens 1. In combination with a cross'spl'ing insubstantial paralllisin with a vehicle axle, cushion connectionsinterposed opex'atively between the ends of the spring and the axle and'including'housings engaged with the axle, and means substantiallyparallel to the axle engaging the housing and holding it againstdisplacement, independent means embracing the axle and engaged with thehousing to clamp' it in place.

2. In combination with a cross spring in substantial parallelism with avehicle axle, cushion connections interposed operatively between theends of the spring and the axle and including housings engaged with theaxle, each housing including a base, radial flanges carried with theaxle in juxtaposition to said housings, means carried with w the busesto center the houses on the radial flanges, and means carried with theaxle and engaging the bases at their ends to hol the houses againstdisplacement.

3 In combination with a cross spring in siiiistantial parallelism with avehicle axle. cushion connections interposed operatively between theends of the spring and the axle and including housings engaged with theaxle, each housing includinga base, radial flanges carried with the'axleiii-juxtapos (ion to said housings, means carried with the bases tocenter the housings on the axle, means carried with the radial flangesand engaging the bases at their ends to hold the housings againstdisplacement, flanges carried with the base and extending transvei'selyof the axle an'dmeans to secure the flanges and base to the axle.

This specification signed this 3rd day of September A. D. 1924. AUGUSTH. LEIPERT.

